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Objectivity : a very short introduction / Stephen Gaukroger.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.Description: 112 p. : ill. ; 18 cmISBN:
  • 9780199606696
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 121.4 GAU.O
Contents:
1. Introduction 2. Aren't all judgements biased in one way or another? 3. Don't all judgements involve some assumptions? 4. Doesn't science show there is no objectivity? 5. Is it possible to represent things objectively? 6. Is objectivity a form of honesty? 7. Objectivity in numbers? 8. Can the study of human behaviour be objective? 9. Can there be objectivity in ethics? 10. Can there be objectivity in taste? References Further reading.
Summary: "Objectivity is both an essential and elusive philosophical concept. This Very Short Introduction explores the theoretical and practical problems raised by objectivity, and also deals with the way in which particular understandings of objectivity impinge on social research, science, and art"--
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 109) and index.

1. Introduction
2. Aren't all judgements biased in one way or another?
3. Don't all judgements involve some assumptions?
4. Doesn't science show there is no objectivity?
5. Is it possible to represent things objectively?
6. Is objectivity a form of honesty?
7. Objectivity in numbers?
8. Can the study of human behaviour be objective?
9. Can there be objectivity in ethics?
10. Can there be objectivity in taste?
References
Further reading.

"Objectivity is both an essential and elusive philosophical concept. This Very Short Introduction explores the theoretical and practical problems raised by objectivity, and also deals with the way in which particular understandings of objectivity impinge on social research, science, and art"--

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